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THE HISTORY OF WRITING

  • Cave paintings at Lascaux
    15,000 BCE

    Cave paintings at Lascaux

    The paints of the Lascaux caves were painted by the primitive comunities and represent primarily large animals and contemporary fauna
  • Sumerians settle in Mesopotamia
    3500 BCE

    Sumerians settle in Mesopotamia

    The Sumerians were the first civilization settled in Mesopotamia
  • Menes, first pharaoh, unites Egypt
    3200 BCE

    Menes, first pharaoh, unites Egypt

    Egypt was united by the first pharaoh, Menes, in 3200
  • Early Sumerian pictographic scripts on clay tablets
    3100 BCE

    Early Sumerian pictographic scripts on clay tablets

    The first proof of writing was made by the sumerians on clay tablets.
  • King Zet´s ivory tablet, earliest Egyptian pictographic writing
    3100 BCE

    King Zet´s ivory tablet, earliest Egyptian pictographic writing

    The first Egyptian pictographic writing was writed by the King Zet in a ivory tablet
  • Formal land-sale contracts written in cuneiform
    2750 BCE

    Formal land-sale contracts written in cuneiform

    The first formal contracts of land-sale were written in cuneiform, the writing invented by the Sumerians
  • First´s papyrus manuscripts
    2600 BCE

    First´s papyrus manuscripts

    The most important papyrus manuscript is the "Papyrus 46" and it was written by the Greeks around 175–225
  • Wedge-shaped cuneiform
    2500 BCE

    Wedge-shaped cuneiform

    Around the 2500 BCE, the wedge-shaped was used by the Sumerians to write in cuneiform
  • Legendary Ts-ang Chieh invents writing in Asia
    1800 BCE

    Legendary Ts-ang Chieh invents writing in Asia

    The writing in Asia was invented by Ts-ang Chie around the 1800 BCE in China
  • Papyrus of Ani
    1420 BCE

    Papyrus of Ani

    The papyrus of Ani, more commonly known as the "Book of the Dead" and was found by Sir E. A. Wallis Budgein in the Tomb of Ani.
  • Ts´ai Lun invents paper
    105

    Ts´ai Lun invents paper

    The paper was invented by Ts´ai Lun and this replace the papyrus in the civilizations
  • Arabics invent the alphabet
    528

    Arabics invent the alphabet

    The alphabet was invented by the Arabics in Syria in 528, this has had changes until become the one we know